Why Americans Should Learn Basic Metric Units

The U.S. is the only country than still uses Imperial units for weights and measures. Many online retailers are promoting and selling products using metric units. The comments frustrated Americans make when they discover they received less than what they thought they were buying would be humorous if it wasn’t for the fact that some unscrupulous sellers take advantage of American buyers limited knowledge of metric units.

Knowing basic metric units also benefits Americans traveling abroad and dieting since nutrition information in usually in grams or milligrams not ounces.

In this video:

• “Why don’t you use metric?”
• A brief history of U.S. metric system. 1:09
• The U.S. is more metric than Americans think. 4:20
• The cost of not using metric units. 6:51
• Cooking and dieting with metric versus U.S. weights and measures. 7:35
• Basic metric units you should know. 12:18